As Daniel was making his way over to the cafeteria with Marc in tow, his phone started ringing. He glanced down at it as he pulled it from his pocket and saw it was his mom.
“Mom?”
“Daniel…how are you? How’s being back at school?”
“Yeah, good mom…” If only she knew… “Is everything okay there?”
He rang home every week so was surprised to suddenly get a phone call, it made him leap to assumptions something must be wrong…although his mom sounded happy enough.
“Oh, yes…everything is great! That’s what I rang about to tell you the great news!”
“Great news?” Daniel smiled, he was getting swept up by his mother’s excitement.
“I won!” She squealed.
“Won? Won what?” Daniel asked, confused.
“The competition…at the mall…”
“You did? That’s great, mom. Congrats…” Daniel chuckled, his mom neve
